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Convicted killer Ronald Eugene Smith.

Smith found guilty, gets life plus 20 years

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Thursday, January 28. 2010
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Ronald Eugene Smith was found guilty on five counts this morning in Lamar superior court. Jurors returned their verdicts just over one hour after returning to the courtroom at 9 a.m.

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#1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 09:36 AM
There's justice after all.
#2 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 09:38 AM
We all need to remember the familes envolved in this situation. We need to pray for Ronnie and that God will be with him and forgive him. Im glad we serve a God of grace. I am glad that justice was done in this case however his judgement here is not what he needs to be most concerned with. Hopefully he will seek the Lord during this time for comfort and peace. To Ronnies family we need to love and support them through this time in there life. May God Bless You all
#2.1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 10:14 AM
I concur. God is the one who can save, deliver and make free. Let us pray for his salvation and peace...and that he will understand that the punishment he has recieved is a result of sowing to the flesh. Our merciful Father will forgive him if he asks. Lord,I thank you now for saving Mr. Smith and bringing peace and closure to this situation. Your will be done.
#3 M.S. on 01/28/10 at 09:46 AM
Glad to see that Charles' family can hopefully move on now. Charles didn't deserve this, but justice has been served.
#4 cats on 01/28/10 at 09:51 AM
Justice was served.
I'm sorry for his 3 children but perhaps he was not the most stable father to have in the home.
#4.1 Dogs on 01/28/10 at 11:37 AM
Ha! Come on….justice is just an illusion. It’s just a sad state of affairs for all. Someone gets hooked on dope and someone who sells dope gets kill by someone who he sold dope to, because the buyer, is screwed up in the head by the dope he bought and is hooked on. Everybody loses…. the family on both sides…the victim…the perpetrator… the taxpayer. Get real…Justice..yea right! The sad thing is, this is happening all over the US on a daily basis and it’s even getting worse.
#4.1.1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 12:19 PM
Well said.
#4.1.2 Anonymous on 01/29/10 at 02:51 PM
To be clear... the wrong man was killed. Smith bought bad dope from a dude who was staying at that house. Had he been paying attention before he pulled the trigger he would have realized that the victim was not the intended target. So in this case... justice is no illusion. A man lost his life bc of other people's bad decisions. So Life + 20 is the closest we can get to justice on Earth in this particular case.
#5 H B on 01/28/10 at 10:40 AM
For once the DA didnt plea bargain. Justice, I believe was done. I
feel sorry for his family, and I hope they will recover. The children didnt ask, in my opinion for their father to act as he obviously did.
#5.1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 08:06 PM
Oh I'm sure the DA tried their best to bargain to avoid this trial, even with all the evidence they had. He was just too stupid to accept and now is going to pay the consequences of that.
#6 Sheila Tolley on 01/28/10 at 01:45 PM
I like that sentence for him. Way to go Judge Wilson. Life plus twenty years. Just think after he dies and is born again......he will be twenty before he gets out of jail. How cool is that?
#6.1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 01:58 PM
No Sheila.. That 20 years on the end of his sentence makes sure he doesn't walk out on probation after serving the minimum time required for a life sentence. The Judge knew what he was doing. Just love his tatoo. He will be a hit at Jackson State.
#6.1.1 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 05:11 PM
A Life sentence plus 20 does not mean he has to serve 20 years before he can get out. And as far as Mr. Adams family he had to die before they came to see him his on son hasn't seen him in years until he died. I hope my family doesn't wait till i die before they act like they care. They didn't even pay for his funeral.
#6.1.2 anonyous on 01/28/10 at 10:34 PM
you are a clear xample how cold hearted people are in barnesville to any people who is considering a move to barnesville, don't. this is a town where people are without sin and they cast stones. mr. adams family are not the only ones suffering, ronnies wife is very special to me and so is her family. the law officers didn't check for a pulse? helloooo.
#6.1.3 Sheila Tolley on 01/29/10 at 08:58 AM
I knew that but thanks for answering anyway. It just always sounds funny when they say it that way instead of life without parole.
#6.2 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 04:39 PM
may god forgive you for the judgement you just cast
#6.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 01/29/10 at 04:01 PM
May God forgive you for being ashamed of your name therefore dishonoring your Father and Mother.
#7 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 04:29 PM
I think it just cold that he didn't get to say goodbye to his wife. We all need to be praying for her and his children.
#8 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 04:45 PM
Awww..he isn't smiling in this picture. Guess reality has finally set in
#9 i love God on 01/28/10 at 04:48 PM
may god forgive yall for those judgements! ronnie is a great man and a greater farther. accidents happen i hope none of us has to go through thesame test that ronnie and his family has been and still going through. i feel sorry for the people that are makeing jokes over the situation ( love the tatto) that is childish. and sheila you may belive in reincarnation and i will not judge you for your beliefs but i for one do not thinh it is cool... may GOD bless ronnie and his family
#9.1 Anonymous on 01/29/10 at 12:01 AM
A real father would of been with his kids and not doing the things that kept him away. Unless the kids was there at that time then NO...He wasn't a great father. He may of been to the drugs. What people do not understand..Drugs takes people away from their kids and families. Maybe you meant he was a great father when he was around the kids..Great. That is called a part time parent. One that only wants to come around when it is convenient for them. I call them..dead beat drug addicts. This is my opinion and i can voice it. If anyone doesn't like it...please don't read it. We all have our own. God Bless the children..they will grow up with him.
#10 Anonymous on 01/28/10 at 05:29 PM
Anybody we know going to take a hamburger to him?
#11 anonyous on 01/28/10 at 10:39 PM
the reason we sign our name anonyous is we don't want to be target by the court system
#11.1 Sheila Tolley on 01/29/10 at 09:01 AM
Not Breaking Laws works also.
#11.1.1 Betty on 01/30/10 at 08:31 AM
Sheila I only pray that you will come to know christ and that he gave his life so we all can be forgiven of our sins. Sometimes mistakes happen for God to get our attention. Your comments are unnesessary and Im pretty sure you are not without sin. The only person that has ever been without sin is Jesus Christ himself. Matter of fact the judgement that you have made on Ronnie is sin. At least we know that Ronnie has came to know christ and he will enter the kingdom of heaven. Can you say you will? That is not for us to judge you that is between you and the Lord it is just something that you need to think about you have been judging Ronnie for a year now.
#11.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 02/01/10 at 09:52 AM
I know what you mean, Betty. Isn't it sickening that it takes that long to get a person tried who shot the WRONG person in the face because he bought bad drugs from someone else. Then his children must be the ones to find him on the steps. Oh well, he will have life plus 20 to think about it. He may orchestrate the choir in Heaven but that doesn't bring back the Daddy of children does it? I don't need you to judge me, let God do it. Would you feel the same way if your loved one had been killed? You hypocrites fascinate me. Why not just do away with the Legal system totally? You act as though you can pray everyone into Heaven, whether they want to go or not. Answer me please, would You be as forgiving if you stumbled upon your son DEAD on your front steps?????
#12 Anonoymous on 01/29/10 at 09:18 AM
Where is the smirk on his face now?
#12.1 Sheila Tolley on 01/29/10 at 04:04 PM
It was slapped off by that reality check Judge Wilson gave him.
#13 Anonymous on 01/29/10 at 03:18 PM
To everyone commenting: Everyone involved with the victim or the convicted and their families are suffering here. I suggest that those who are accusing and criticizing the families, Mr Smith, and Mr Adams should all take a look at your own lives and then honestly say that you have no demons of your own. People make bad decisions and sometimes one decision can change the rest of you life. In this case it was a series of bad decisions and the innocent families are the ones suffering the most. Dont pass judgement until you have the facts... Was it Mr Adams family that never went to see him, or was it Mr Adams who never went to see his family? Were they in a financial position to pay for a funeral? Did Mr Smith's wife know what he was going to do? Have the kids been affected to the point where not having dad around is actually better than having him around? There will be good and bad that will come from all of this. Only time will tell. We can only pray that Mr Smith finds it within himself to ask the Lord for forgiveness, because whether he claims it to be an accident or not, someone lost their life. We can pray for the safety and sanity of his wife, parents, and children. We can pray that Mr Adams had the chance to ask for forgiveness before his life was prematurely taken. We can pray that Mr Adams family can find some peace despite where the last few years led their relationship. I will pray for all of you out there preying instead of praying.
#14 ANON on 01/29/10 at 03:51 PM
So he is going to prison for life and now they decide to send defac's to his home? because he blames his drug use on his home life? Is that basically what they are saying?
#14.1 Anonymous on 01/29/10 at 05:28 PM
No, His wife worked all the time he was layed off thats when he came in contact with Jason Finch and the drugs started the children weren't there. Two of the children don't even live with them and the other one stayed with her Grandparents 90% of the time but that never was brought up. And Beth does not use drugs but yes Ronnie was trying to get her to but thats when he realized that he was going to chasnge his life and get ride of everthing bad in it thats way he was going to sale the gun, Mr. Adams had already showed interest in buying it thats why he was over there. Ronnie did not have a problem with Mr. Adams or Mickey. And he did not accidentaly shoot the wrong person, Jason had the problem with Mickey Ronnie just accidentally shoot somebody. You who are with sin cast the first stone No one has the right to pass judgement only God. We all love Ronnie he is a very special person he just made some bad choices and got involved with tHE wrong people. he has accepted christ since he's been locked up.
#14.1.1 anonymous on 01/30/10 at 09:07 AM
It does not matter who had the problem, it does not give you the right to go kill someone. Jason Finch did not kill anyone, Ronnie did. Ronnie killed him over some bad dope. Jason Finch was no where around when Ronnie killed Mr. Adams, quit trying to blame other people for what Ronnie did. If Jason did anything, he would be in jail also, but he did not do anything.
#14.1.2 anonymous on 01/30/10 at 09:15 AM
That just goes to show you, you don't know what you are taking about, you said he accepted christ while in jail, but the paper said they moved him straight to Jackson because he was a problem in the jail, I don't think you know Ronnie as good as you think you do. He fooled everyone saying he was in the service and that he was a front line shooter, that was also a big lie. Looks like he didn't just have a problem with drugs, had a problem with lying to, now who are you going to blame that on.
#15 anonymous on 01/30/10 at 10:00 AM
You are sitting here telling people not to pass judgement, but what do you think you are doing. You are passing judgement on this man Jason and he had nothing to do with the shooting, the way you are talking, you are saying Rodney killed someone for that Jason guy, what is that saying about Rodney?
#15.1 Anonymous on 01/30/10 at 01:56 PM
Do you believe everything you read in the paper? If you do you are stupid. I talked to dupities they did not have problems with Ronnie at the jail and i talked to the pastor who was with Ronnie alot he said Ronnie was saved and brought others to christ while he was in their he was ministering to others. Who have you witnessed to? And no i did not say it was Jason's fault Ronnie shot Mr.Adams iwas saying Ronnie had no reason to shoot Mr.Adams over bad drugs during the trial Al Johnson never said Ronnie shot him over bad drugs he said he didn't have to prove Ronnie had a reason for shooting Mr. Adams I was their in the court room i heard everything that was said all you knpw is what you read in the paper. Yes Ronnie is a good person i can say that because i know him all you know is what you read. God says not to judge and God says to forgive, if you can't you won't enter the kingdom of heaven.
#15.2 Anonymous on 02/04/10 at 08:44 AM
Who is Rodney?
#16 Anonymous on 01/30/10 at 02:11 PM
I would like to know why no one checked Mr. Adams pulse they had 6 dupities to show up at the scene and know one even went up on the porch to see if he had a pulse Just because he was shot in the face he could have still had a pulse Joe Buice was shot in the face with high powered rifle you can still be alive, but we'll never Know the truth because no one checked.
#16.1 Walter Geiger on 01/30/10 at 03:25 PM
having seen the scene photos, i can assure you there was no pulse by the time they got there...he was basically dead when he hit the ground. obsess about something else.
#16.1.1 Anonymous on 01/31/10 at 01:51 PM
How would you know are you God? Dont you believe in miracles or are ypu not a christian? You are not without sin, a sin is a sin no matter what the sin is. Read your bible what are the 10 commandments. Who are you or any of these other people to pass judgement? God is the only one who can judge us. You dont know but maybe when Ronnie dies he'll be standing at the right hand of God and you won't. So maybe you should get down on your knees and pray for forgiveness for judgeing others.
#16.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 02/01/10 at 09:56 AM
With all the recent "cold-bloodied murderers" that you hypocrites are "Praying Up" I hope God has a real big right hand.
#16.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 02/02/10 at 06:20 AM
Well Sheila we know you wont be there. I guess i need to start praying for you.
#16.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 02/02/10 at 11:55 AM
Amen I'll pray for her too, she doesn't know how big our Gods hands are.
#16.1.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 02/04/10 at 12:31 PM
Are you judging her? I personally agree with sheila. Hypocrites!
#16.1.2 Anonymous on 02/04/10 at 12:32 PM
Amen Walter! Thank you. Maybe the pulse quack will shut up.
#17 Anonymous on 02/02/10 at 12:03 PM
Beth don't waste your tears on him while you was a work he wasn't exactly faithful to you but of course he'll say the drugs made him do it.
#17.1 Anonymous on 02/03/10 at 07:53 PM
well i can tell you are from Barnesville.
There is always someone that wants to spread lies and make everyone else unhappy. I personally know Ronnie and he would have never cheated on Beth he loves her.
#17.1.1 Anonymous on 02/04/10 at 12:28 PM
Oh dear lord. You people are idiots. He never would have done something as awful as cheating, but he would kill someone over bad dope....lol!!!!

Why shed a tear...I would be thankful this junkie was no longer around my kids.
#17.1.2 Anonymous on 02/04/10 at 01:32 PM
we heard that mess when he shot the guy. He would never do such a thing.. bla bla bla
#18 Anonymous on 02/02/10 at 01:24 PM
Just leave her alone. Why wait till now to mention that dont you think she is in enough pain.
#19 Anonymous on 02/02/10 at 07:42 PM
Does anyone know why the power bills have went up so much? Looks like we cant win, gas goes down and electric goes up.
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